Biography:Emil Martinec
Emil John Martinec (born 1958) is an American string theorist, a physics professor at the Enrico Fermi Institute at the University of Chicago, and director of the Kadanoff Center for Theoretical Physics. He was part of a group at Princeton University that developed heterotic string theory in 1985.[1]
Early life and education
Martinec was born October 4, 1958,[2] in Downers Grove, Illinois. He graduated from Northwestern University in 1979 and earned his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1984, with a dissertation titled, Quantum Mechanics Versus General Covariance In Gravity And String Models, advised by Michael Peskin.[3] He worked the last two years of his graduate education at SLAC, following Peskin's move there.
Career
Early in his career, Martinec worked at Princeton University, where he was part of a research group known as the "Princeton string quartet" that also included physicists David Gross, Jeffrey A. Harvey and Ryan Rohm.[4] The group developed heterotic string theory in 1985.[5] As its name suggests, heterotic string theory combines elements of multiple versions of string theory to attempt to create a more realistic explanation of elementary particle physics. This work was part of a series of advances that forestalled the predicted merger of cosmology and fundamental physics.[6]
He is currently a professor at the Enrico Fermi Institute at the University of Chicago. He directs the university's Kadanoff Center for Theoretical Physics.[7]
Selected publications
Martinec is co-author of six papers that SLAC's inSPIRE database classifies as "renowned" (having 500 or more citations apiece):[8]
- Dixon, L.; Friedan, D.; Martinec, E.; Shenker, S. (1987). "The conformal field theory of orbifolds". Nuclear Physics B 282: 13–73. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(87)90676-6. Bibcode: 1987NuPhB.282...13D.
- Friedan, D.; Martinec, E.; Shenker, S. (1986). "Conformal invariance, supersymmetry and string theory". Nuclear Physics B 271 (1): 93. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(86)90356-1.
- Republished as Friedan, D.; Martinec, E.; Shenker, S. (1986). "Conformal invariance, supersymmetry and string theory". Nuclear Physics B 271 (3–4): 93. doi:10.1016/S0550-3213(86)80006-2. Bibcode: 1986NuPhB.271...93F.
- Callan, C. G.; Friedan, D.; Martinec, E. J.; Perry, M. J. (1985). "Strings in background fields". Nuclear Physics B 262 (4): 593. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(85)90506-1. Bibcode: 1985NuPhB.262..593C.
- Gross, D. J.; Harvey, J. A.; Martinec, E.; Rohm, R. (1986). "Heterotic string theory". Nuclear Physics B 267 (1): 75–124. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(86)90146-X. Bibcode: 1986NuPhB.267...75G.
- Gross, D. J.; Harvey, J. A.; Martinec, E.; Rohm, R. (1985). "Heterotic string theory (I). The free heterotic string". Nuclear Physics B 256: 253–284. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(85)90394-3. Bibcode: 1985NuPhB.256..253G.
- Gross, D. J.; Harvey, J. A.; Martinec, E.; Rohm, R. (1985). "Heterotic String". Physical Review Letters 54 (6): 502–505. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.54.502. PMID 10031535. Bibcode: 1985PhRvL..54..502G.
Awards
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow (Year: 1987, Field: Physics)[9]
- National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator [10]
- U.S. Department of Energy Outstanding Junior Investigator[11]
References
- ↑ Cappelli, Andrea; Castellani, Elena; Colomo, Filippo; Vecchia, Paolo Di (2012-04-12) (in en). The Birth of String Theory. Cambridge University Press. pp. 402. ISBN 9780521197908. https://books.google.com/books?id=WNZyoUteXIkC.
- ↑ "CV: Emil Martinec". http://theory.uchicago.edu/~ejm/cv.html.
- ↑ Martinec, Emil J. (1984). "Quantum Mechanics Versus General Covariance In Gravity And String Models" (in en). http://inspirehep.net/record/210293?ln=en.
- ↑ Overbye, Dennis (December 7, 2004). "String theory, at 20, explains it all (or not)". https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/07/science/string-theory-at-20-explains-it-all-or-not.html. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
- ↑ Mitra, Asoke Nath (2009) (in en). India in the World of Physics: Then and Now. Pearson Education India. p. 8. ISBN 9788131715796. https://books.google.com/books?id=hRLPM6s7hWAC&pg=PA8.
- ↑ Steinhardt, Paul J.; Turok, Neil (2007) (in en). Endless Universe: Beyond the Big Bang. Crown/Archetype. p. 129. ISBN 9780385523110. https://books.google.com/books?id=eAs0FAwb-YIC&pg=PA129.
- ↑ Chang, Kenneth (November 1, 2015). "Leo P. Kadanoff, physicist who explored how matter changes, dies at 78". https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/02/science/leo-p-kadanoff-physicist-of-phase-transitions-dies-at-78.html. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
- ↑ "Martinec, Emil John - Profile - INSPIRE-HEP" (in en). http://inspirehep.net/author/profile/E.J.Martinec.1.
- ↑ "Past Fellows". https://sloan.org/past-fellows.
- ↑ "Award Abstract #number 657788, Presidential Young Investigator Award: Research in String Theory (Physics)". July 1, 1987. https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8657788&HistoricalAwards=false.
- ↑ "DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator Awardees". 2009. p. 6. https://science.energy.gov/~/media/hep/pdf/files/pdfs/OJI_ALL_Awards.pdf.
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